catfan 14,793 Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Mrs C worked ther at one time & Springfield Hosiery had Bedford TKs ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 16 hours ago, catfan said: The great thing about Bulwell is always bumping into people you know & some people you don't know will still nod & say "ayup" when passing. You are so right Catfan,.........i have said before,lived all over,......did'nt realise until i left it.....and coming back was a pleasure,...........this morning between Birds and Wethers 4 'ay ups'.......and it was quiet,no Market even............. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Not sure if this has been posted before but here goes,(note the name at the bottom right of the Bedford TK picture) Rog 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Great stuff Rog, seen em before but still enjoyed watching again..........bleddy late for work now.............. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 The compilation of those photographs of Sankeys brought back memories of my first employment. Do you know when the fire occurred and how extensive it was? Thanks for posting that Rog. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Not sure if there was another fire before this one Commo Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 I remember that Sankey fire like it was last week. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Should have kept to terracotta - that is more natural, doesn't burn and is much less polluting than plastic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 12th. July 1980. I could see it from my office window. They obviously didn’t have a sprinkler system. We’ve still got a few Sankey terra cotta pots around the garden. Probably collectors items now! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 There used to be,maybe still is a BMX track on low wood road,used to play on there on me mountain bike,tought the local kids how to ride off road,that stopped em laughing when I got on the track, (well I was in me late forties) Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 I bought my lad his first BMX bike Rog for Christmas '82 & went around that track on Christmas day to check out his new bike you understand ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 Had to be done mate,make sure all the nuts and bolts were tight Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,268 Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 2 hours ago, IAN123. said: Years ago i was seeing a girl from Kimberley..fit..but in the other sense- she was bench pressing before Goulds Gym had even heard of it.I had to cycle to the Adelaide from Grindon..stopping off at 2 pubs on the way...which never went down well!.no one pinched me battered old Dawes bike even outside the boozer on Hoewood Rd.Was there a BMX track near Sankeys? Anyroad...i gave her the road after a night in the 3 Ponds pub...i was gagging for a kebab and she a wheatgerm Alfafa thingy..that's my memory of Sankys..the fire of course...insurance job? Ian! - i just love this post Yeats would have bought you a drink. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,268 Posted April 9, 2018 Report Share Posted April 9, 2018 I used to visit Sankey's regularly to supply parts for their plastic moulding shop. Remember one day I asked if they would donate a few plant pots to the Home Farm Trust - my boss was a govenor there. Before I knew it my Cortina was filled with boxes of plastic plant pots. Had to drive around in what was a virtual two seater for a week before able to deliver them to HQ in high Wycombe. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Much later became a Wilko's store. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,002 Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 I think the shop was pascoes.(spelling) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 1 hour ago, IAN123. said: What was the TV, Electrical shop on the opposite side? Godfrey.s now s Polish shop for all the immigrants in Bulwell. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,002 Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Godfreys that was the other name that I thought it could be but finally chose Pascoes. sorry about that , chose wrong again the pleasure of memory. So where have I got the name Pascoes from can anyone help me on that or is it another bug in my memory. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Pascoes used to do a lot of PA systems for outdoor events. Think they are somewhere near Newark. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,002 Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Thanks for that denshaw I don't know where I got that name from, I was positive at the time but now I am not sure where the name came from. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 @ Trogg - Pascoes were further down Main Street where Fulton Foods is now 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 I remember Pascoe's in Bulwell. Left hand side just, just past the market going towards the now Wetherspoons. Double windowed shop, they used to put a list in the window of their bad customers who owed money. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Of course, me memory could be playing tricks, and I got it completely wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,002 Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Thanks to all over Pascoes I thought I knew the name from Bulwell, I can now let my wife know she is not correct , I am not completely losing my marbles, well not yet anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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